When it comes to Wang Yangming, some people say that he is "the best man in the entire Ming Dynasty";It is also said that there were two semi-saints in Chinese history, one was Confucius, the other was Wang Yangming, and the other was Zeng Guofan.
This "true three immortals" saint and "the first strange man of the Ming Dynasty" who is moral, meritorious and eloquent, more than 500 years have passed, and he is still the top in people's hearts.
The words he said were easily on the hot search again:Desire is the root of suffering. A person must have a heart for himself in order to deny himself. Only by self-denial can we become ourselves.
This also truly verifies a saying: people are great because of their thoughts and immortal because of their inheritance.
What does Wang Yangming mean by this?
If a person wants to be himself, he must know how to restrain himself. Because once people fall into insatiable desires, they will constantly consume themselves. Learn to control your desires, so that you can be satisfied and happy in a world where materialistic desires are rampant.
The restraint of desire here does not mean abstinence, but not being driven by lust and allowing desire to expand infinitely. For example, you can love good food, but don't overdo it;For example, material desires, having money can satisfy basic survival, but if you spend extravagantly, wastefully, even gamble, etc., it is too much.
We will find that when the desire is small, as long as the little expectation is satisfied, people feel great happiness. But when desire increases to a certain level, happiness will not only no longer increase, but will quickly fall to the bottom, and people will also fall into emptiness and boredom.
So, in fact, anyone who is dominated by desires is not free. Because your energy and time are limited by desires, like being confined to a cocoon and sinking into a small space, forgetting to explore the wider world.
Brush short**, eat junk food, and stay up late chasing dramas. How many people are indulging in low-level pleasures, indulging in desires and unable to extricate themselves?
Again and again I made up my mind to change, and I failed again and again. Desire makes people sink, and self-discipline makes people jump.
When we indulge our desires and indulge in those seemingly harmless momentary pleasures, we are actually walking step by step towards the abyss of pain. These behaviors are like sweet traps that make us lose control of our lives in the illusion of happiness. Every indulgence takes us further from true happiness and fulfillment.
Self-discipline is not only a self-disciplined ability, but also a love and respect for life. It gives us the ability to resist those lower desires and pursue higher levels of spiritual satisfaction.
When we know what we want and how we should do it, the satisfaction that we can achieve step by step through hard work is incomparable to any low-level happiness, and life will become more three-dimensional and richer.
Because, we are no longer controlled by those fleeting pleasures, but begin to truly enjoy life, enjoy every endeavor, enjoy every successes and failures, and spend every day without regrets.
Wang Yangming said: There is nothing outside the heart.
The human heart is the master of all things.
If you are impetuous, full of desires, and turbulent, your life will often be difficult, and it is easy to fall into the swamp of life.
Only by breaking through inner troubles and controlling one's desires can one resist all the distractions and worries in the world.
Life is a journey of self-cultivation, and the key to cultivation lies in cultivating the mind.
The world is impermanent, settle this heart, life will be quiet and rich, and everything will be calm.
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